In Malaysia nowadays, it’s quite difficult to get hold of fresh herbs like rosemary, thyme, oregano, marjoram it’s quite easy to buy fresh herbs such as rosemary, thyme, oregano, marjoram in the supermarket. Why, you can even grow your own herbs. If you buy a bunch of herbs and using only a portion of the herbs, surely you will keep the rest in the fridge or countertop. Problem is they won’t last long. It’ll be a waste to let them wilt.
Here’s how to use the freezing method to preserve unused fresh herbs. Just thaw ’em before using.
Here’s how I do it.
You will need an ice cube tray, water & Ziploc bag (optional).
Place a couple of leaves into each compartments. Add water to the brink or half of it. Freeze. That’s it!
These are fresh rosemary in ice cubes. You can keep it like this until you need the herbs for soup or cooking. For me because I don’t have extra ice cube tray, I need to remove them and keep in the Ziploc bag.
Use it as it is for soup & cooking and thaw them if you’re going to use for salad or marinating. Simple as that. 🙂
Here’s another tip on storing fresh herbs – water container method
Updated: 28th Nov 2018
4 Comments
Can you get the seeds and plant them? I plant them every spring and last all the way till fall. The unused ones I freeze them.
Hi Dawn, I bought some seeds from ebay. So far only basil is growing. No luck for the rest. Too bad. I so wanted a rosemary plant.
You can get fresh rosemary plant at the nursery at Sungai Buloh. I bought one about 3 months ago from a nursery called Yeap Nursery. It is run by an Auntie and she had several small pots.
BTW, I really like your blog!
Hi SL, yup I bought some basil and rosemary plants in Sungai Buloh few months back too. You can check it out here: http://che-cheh.com/lifestyle/buying-herbs-sungai-buloh/
Btw, do you know the lot number for this Yeap Nursery?